Merga person
also: Mergen, Murga
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Celerino Castillo IIIperson · 3Contrasorganization · 2Ilopango Air Baseplace · 2San Salvadorplace · 1Panama Canalplace · 1
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Celerino Castillo III recruited
Merga book_quoted
“So Castillo improvised. He recruited a Salvadorian named Merga, who wrote the flight plans for private planes on the civilian side of the base. Merga had excellent contacts on the military side and could come and go at will. He became Casti…”
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▶ 30:34
So Castillo improvised. He recruited a Salvadorian named Merga, who wrote the flight plans for private planes on the civilian side of the base. Merga had excellent contacts on the military side and could come and go at will. He became Casti…
▶ 31:05
Mergen knew all about the Contra's drug running, Castillo said, because he was filling out the flight plans and inspecting their aircraft. The pilots were so brazen that they told him they were flying dope to the United States and money to …
▶ 32:04
being limited to $10,000 out of the U.S. Anytime any of the resupply people went up to the U.S. for any reason, whether it was personal or otherwise, they were all used as mules to carry money back. The drugs often arrived in private planes…